State v. VFW Post 3562

Moyer, C.J..1

In this case we are first presented with the issue of whether the warrantless administrative search of appellant’s club by Department of Liquor Control agents complied with the protections against illegal searches and seizures of Section 14,2 Article I of the Ohio Constitution and the Fourth3 and Fourteenth4 Amendments to the United States Constitution. We hold that it did not and reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.

Appellant VFW Post 3562 challenges the warrantless administrative search conducted in this case as being unconstitutional because the administrative…